ADULT DEVELOPMENT AND AGING EXAM
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●● What is senescence?
Answer: gradual physical decline due to aging. Starts in early adulthood
and becomes noticeable in middle adulthood.
●● Primary cause of brain loss in adulthood is
Answer: neuron death and shrinkage of the frontal lobe
●● Vision decline (needing reading glasses) typically begins
Answer: 40s, it is called presbyopia (farsightedness)
●● Hearing loss typically begins with difficulty hearing
Answer: high pitched sounds
●● fertility peaks
Answer: in your early 20s
●● infertility is...
Answer: being unable to conceive after one full year of trying
, ●● menopause typically occurs at age
Answer: 45-55
●● Andropause is...
Answer: Gradual decline in testosterone levels in aging men.
●● According to Robert Sternberg, intelligence includes?
Answer: analytical, creative, practical
●● Fluid intelligence refers to
Answer: problem-solving in new situations
●● an expert is someone who?
Answer: has extensive experience and deep knowledge
●● According to Erik Erikson, the main task of young adulthood is
Answer: intimacy v isolation
●● The task of middle adulthood is
Answer: generativity
SCRIPT COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS ALREADY PASSED
●● What is senescence?
Answer: gradual physical decline due to aging. Starts in early adulthood
and becomes noticeable in middle adulthood.
●● Primary cause of brain loss in adulthood is
Answer: neuron death and shrinkage of the frontal lobe
●● Vision decline (needing reading glasses) typically begins
Answer: 40s, it is called presbyopia (farsightedness)
●● Hearing loss typically begins with difficulty hearing
Answer: high pitched sounds
●● fertility peaks
Answer: in your early 20s
●● infertility is...
Answer: being unable to conceive after one full year of trying
, ●● menopause typically occurs at age
Answer: 45-55
●● Andropause is...
Answer: Gradual decline in testosterone levels in aging men.
●● According to Robert Sternberg, intelligence includes?
Answer: analytical, creative, practical
●● Fluid intelligence refers to
Answer: problem-solving in new situations
●● an expert is someone who?
Answer: has extensive experience and deep knowledge
●● According to Erik Erikson, the main task of young adulthood is
Answer: intimacy v isolation
●● The task of middle adulthood is
Answer: generativity